![I started with [Leo] Tolstoy and I was overwhelmed. Tolstoy writes like an ocean, in huge, rolling waves, and it doesn't look like it was processed through his thinking. It feels very natural. You don't question whether Tolstoy's right or wrong. His philosophy is housed in interrelating characters, so it's not up for grabs.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-started-with-leo-tolstoy-and-i-was-overwhelmed-tolstoy-writes-like-an-ocean.jpg)
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. Barbara Jordan
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So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety. Baruch Spinoza
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I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
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History is a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell
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Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage. Ayelet Waldman
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The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power. Ayn Rand
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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.
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This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full of ocean. Some people say when we are born we're born into stories. I say we're also born from stories. Ben Okri
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Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some... Brendan Fraser
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I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive. Jane Campion
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In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire. James Theodore Bent
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No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. Charles Kettering
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An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities. Jami Attenberg
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When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science. Anton Chekhov
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Ocean's 13 is all about cool people having a good time, and who doesn't want to see that? Well you, apparantly, 'cause you're watching me. Craig Ferguson
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It's very important that people realize: the air is being taken away, the oceans are being taken away, the room is being taken away, but we're so worried about gas prices that we don't even see this stuff. Bootsy Collins
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As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor, James Franco
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Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from? Richard Hatch
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No matter how difficult it might be, there's a lot of character in that locker room. I've seen teams climb out of holes and there's no one in that locker room that is turning their back. Quin Snyder
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Thank goodness for Ron. He's taught the play, he's familiar with the play and he has some of the same qualities (as Whiteside). The character is a Little Lord Fauntleroy type, but he also has a heart of gold.
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Teachers play such an enormous role in forming, not just teaching them, but forming character in our kids. We really have to thank them for what they do. They are really the core that makes our society work. Jeanine Pirro
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See what a man does.Mark his motives.Examine in which things he rests.How can a man conceal his character?How can a man conceal his character? Confucius
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Perhaps one of the things I'll get criticized for, ... is the choice not to use the internal monologue that Herbert used in the book. If you use the voice-over narrative -- if you use it to tell the emotional state of a character while you're watching that character -- it has the effect of stopping the motion picture. Movies are images and moving pictures. Novels are words.
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Queen Elizabeth liked Falstaff's character so much that she sent word that she'd like to see more of Falstaff. Shakespeare was one of the first to be obliged to resurrect a character.
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I've traveled the world and I'm impressed with the character of Kalona.